Hi,

I'm curious about the salary range for Software Engineers in Malaysia. I'm a Software/Web Developer with 8 years of experience. I'm in KL on a work permit contract and I'll be negotiating my salary increment soon. I would like to know what kind of salary average others are getting so I can judge mine and discuss about increment.

I do not want to be disrespectful by going around the office staff asking them their salaries. So it would help me a lot if I can get what is generally accepted range in KL.

Thanks in advance.

where are you from anyways

anyways the payscale completely differs by technology skillset (java/php/sap/etc/dba) and role (programmer/teamlead/pm)

how much ur current salary?

I'm from Sri Lanka (nationality) but I was educated and worked in UK for the last 8 years.

I'm interested in Programmer role. Technology is in .NET but my skills cover most languages (PHP, Python, SQL, Android and iOS) which they utilize now and then.

Your current salary?

Post tax it's 4k.

At 4K post tax, you are doing well, considering some people are making less. Anything over 4K post tax, it is bonus. The average and median salary for Software Engineer in Malaysia is about RM 5,600 pre-tax.

Here are some of the salaries of IT/Software Engineers starting in the industry:

This post has been edited by tengah: Nov 14 2013, 04:18 PM

how can this be high when you have 8 years experience and 4k after tax? people with less than 3 years experience can get this amount easily

Those are most likely super talented people, or are seniors in SAP .... i throw a stone at a random software engineer and ask, they wont be making that much

u can expect 25-30% of increment according 2 ur current salary.
*for ur ref, I have only 2 year experience & my salary is close to 4k now. can expect 20-30% increment if u leap

This post has been edited by ragk: Nov 14 2013, 04:25 PM

It depends on how good you are and the projects that you've worked on in the past in relation to your current job.

I'd say if you're a performer with 8 years experience you can easily get 10k.

If you're average, 6-8k.

People in this forum always assume things.

Well is NOT EQUAL to high. Nobody said his salary is high.

He said 4K post tax. We do not know what is his pre-tax salary. He could have basic deductions or he could have plenty of deductions and tax credits. In this case, his salary could be more than what we imagine. This is why he quote the post tax salary. He does not want you to know his true salary. In any case, with a 4K post tax salary, he is doing well than a lot of Malaysians citizens who makes less than 4K post tax.

Nice of you guys to reply him. The earlier guys would just ask where is he from, what is his current salary without giving him anything.

4k post tax and you are talking about uncertainty of pre-tax. The highest taxation for malaysia earner is 26% which impose to salary bracket > 25k or expat. So i assume TS is expat now, pre-tax should be 4k/(1-0.26) = 5.4k for 8 years of experience in software development.

Assuming his first job started at 22y/o and he probably 30 y/o this year. Do you really think 5.4k justified. Perhaps we never look for higher and hence keep lying ourself we are getting better than the rest.

Let me tell you, people with <3 years can get much more than that. You may say i am talking cock, but the reality is out there.

I hear you, man

I hope your question is answered now

Hi. You're spot on in your calculations. I'm getting 5.5k pre-tax and I am 30yrs old.

I have been in the same industry of the company I'm working with. Infact, they used to be a client of my previous company and I was their go-to guy when they needed assistance. So they know my skills and talent quite well.

I have been reading of programmers who earn 4k and I also came across forum discussions (even in LowYat forums) where expat programmers making 10-15k. So I was confused on the salary bracket of someone with my experience. That's why I asked the question here to get a general idea so I can discuss with my company regarding my salary increment.

Thanks for all the info. It seems I could be making more from what I can understand. If someone has suggestion on what scale I should aim for in my discussion, I would welcome it.

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This post has been edited by UnknownDave: Mar 19 2015, 06:26 PM

I'm a software developer, fresh graduate and my first job after grad is 3.5k(3k post tax) and I have been working close to 6 months since then.

Now my boss want me to shift to another UK based company while working part time for my current company, which puts around 5.25k(4.8k post tax).

I definitely think you are underpaid, 8 years experience is damn a lot especially if you got quite a lot of them in mobile development(higher demand).